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Judge Andrew Napolitano Natural Rights and The Patriot Act part 1 of 3
st1:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) } Outrageous nullification of the 4th Amendment, by Homeland Security! The Fourth Amendment to the US Constitution was written to guard against unreasonable searches and seizures. The Amendment specifically requires that search and arrest warrants be judicially sanctioned, and supported by probable cause. Search and arrest should be limited in scope according to specific information supplied to the issuing court. It was adopted as a response to the abuse of the ‘writ of assistance’, an oppressive type of general search warrant used during the American Revolution. Speech by JUDGE ANDREW NAPOLITANO (no relation to Janet Napolitano): Due to a hidden clause that was written into the 300-page Homeland Security Act, FBI agents have the authority to handwrite their own search warrants on the spot (without asking a judge), serve you with that warrant, and raid your house or place of business at their leisure.. » read more
Obama Would Have Been Jailed Under Patriot Act
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford Click the flash player to listen to or the mic to download an audio in MP3 format. http://www.blackagendareport.com/?q=content/obama-would-have-been-jailed-under-patriot-act “When it comes to civil and political liberties, the U.S.. » read more
Patriot Act Without Reforms Passes House (Roll Call Included)
An extension of the Patriot Act with no reforms of its abusive powers of unreasonable search and seizure against American citizens has passed the House of Representatives. The vote was 315 in favor of extending the Patriot Act without reform, 97 against, and 20 not voting. Search for information about the roll call of this vote online tonight, and you’ll just find this nameless tally of numbers. You won’t find the names. Why? The reason is that the House Democratic leadership voted on the renewal of the Patriot Act in such a way as to hide the vote from the American people.. » read more
Democrats vote to renew Patriot Act
With almost no debate, the Democratic leadership in Congress pushed through an unamended extension of the USA Patriot Act’s most notorious provisions, granting sweeping powers to eavesdrop and seize library, Internet and other personal records of US citizens. The provisions were set to expire by Sunday. President Barack Obama is expected to sign the legislation before then, securing his administration the ability to continue and expand the domestic spying and attacks on basic democratic rights that he and other Democrats had pretended to oppose under the Bush administration. The three extended provisions give US intelligence agencies the power to: 1) conduct "roving" wiretaps without specifying a particular phone number or e-mail account; 2) force institutions to surrender credit, banking, medical, mental health and library records; and 3) spy on so-called lone-wolf foreign nationals, who have no affiliation to either terrorist organizations or foreign governments. The Senate approved the one-year extension Wednesday by a voice vote and without any debate.. » read more
Airports and Arabic Flashcards, Patriot Act Vote and More
Congress Reauthorizes Overbroad Patriot Act Provisions with No Privacy or Civil Liberties Safeguards Yesterday, the House passed a one-year extension of three expiring Patriot Act provisions without making much-needed changes to the overly broad surveillance bill. With this extension, Congress failed to address proper privacy safeguards in the Patriot Act, including: Amending the national security letter (NSL) statute to ensure that the government obtains financial, communication and credit records only of people believed to be terrorists or spies; Requiring the government to convince a court that a national security gag order is necessary; Terminating the "lone wolf" authority that permits the government to spy on people who are not part of a terrorist organization; and Ensuring that the so-called "library records provision" does not authorize collection of library and bookstore records if they contain information on a patron unless he is a terrorist or spy. Since the Patriot Act's passage in 2001, there have been several consecutive reports — including one released in January — from the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General that have outlined widespread and blatant abuse of the statute. FBI agents routinely claimed false terrorism emergencies to use "exigent letters," or emergency letters, in order to gain private records for investigations when no emergency existed. The FBI also regularly issued NSLs after the fact in an attempt to legitimize the use of exigent letters.. » read more
New Full-Body Scanners Coming to Two Airports
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Contractors outnumber full-time workers at DHS; lawmakers 'astounded'
Sens. Joseph Lieberman, Susan Collins call situation "unacceptable, untenable" - Department of Homeland Security has more than 200,000 contract workers - Full-time civilian employees at DHS number 188,000 - Lawmakers fear DHS "inappropriately has ceded core decisions to contractors" Washington (CNN) -- The Department of Homeland Security has more contractors working for it than full-time employees, a situation two members of Congress said Tuesday was "unacceptable, untenable and unsustainable." Sen. Joseph Lieberman, the chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and ranking Republican Susan Collins said they were "astounded" to learn there are more than 200,000 contractor employees at the department. The civilian work force of Homeland Security numbers 188,000, according to an estimate provided to the senators by Homeland Security.. » read more
Court Tosses NSA Spy Suits, Sides with White House Over Illegal Surveillance
In late January, the Justice Department’s Office of the Inspector General released a report that provided startling new details on illegal operations by the FBI’s Communications Analysis Unit (CAU) and America’s grifting telecoms. For years, AT&T, Verizon, MCI and others fed the Bureau phone records of journalists and citizens under the guise of America’s endless, and highly profitable, “War on Terror.” Between 2002 and 2007, the FBI illegally collected more than 4,000 U.S. telephone records, citing bogus terrorism threats or simply by persuading telephone companies to hand over the records.. » read more
Airport Security: Welcome to Scannergate
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